→State one misconception the author presents about reading science fiction. How does the author refute the misconception? Use at least two examples from the text to support your response. Let them read science fiction. In it, young people can see themselves coping, surviving, and learning lessons. These things may help them create their own strategies for resilience or recovery. When scary or unusual things happen, we may be reluctant for kids to embrace creative forms that seem to separate them psychologically from the real world.

But the critical thinking and agile habits of mind encouraged by this type of literature may actually produce resilience and creativity that everyday life and reality typically do not.

gregor could have been bullying her

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel